Pipette, point, tick: what do these mean on your platform?

Different platforms slice price differently. A pipette is a tenth of a pip, a point is often the same thing in MetaTrader, and a tick is the smallest price change — but brokers define these terms in their own ways.

Pipette, point, tick: what do these mean on your platform? — pip movement diagram
How a pip moves the exchange rate

Post the platform you use and what these words mean there, especially if you've been confused by a broker's "points" not matching pips. The community can sort the differences out together.

Pipette, point, tick: what do these mean on your platform? — moving average crossover diagram
A fast moving average crossing a slower one

The pip guide explains the standard definitions.

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